# captor
## English
### Alternative forms

* captour (obsolete, rare)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈkæptɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

### Noun

captor (plural captors)
* One who is holding a captive or captives.
* One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

#### Synonyms

* (one holding a captive): guard, jailer, kidnapper
* (one who catches someone or something): arrester, nabber

#### Derived terms

* captress
* recaptor

#### Translations
### See also

* captee
* captive
* captivity

### Anagrams

* cartop, proact

## Latin
### Etymology

From the verb capīo (“I take, capture, seize”).

### Verb

captor
* first-person singular present passive indicative of captō

### Noun

captor m (genitive captōris, feminine captrīx); third declension
* one who catches or captures
* captor
* hunter, huntsman

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* capiō
* captōrium
* captōrius
* captūra
* captus

### Descendants

* English: captor
* Italian: cattore
* Portuguese: captor
* Spanish: captor

### References

* “captor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* captor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* captor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin captor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kapˈtoʁ/ [kapˈtoh], /ka.piˈtoʁ/ [ka.piˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kapˈtoʁ/ [kapˈtoh], /ka.piˈtoʁ/ [ka.piˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kapˈtoɾ/, /ka.piˈtoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kapˈtoʁ/ [kapˈtoχ], /ka.piˈtoʁ/ [ka.piˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kapˈtoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kaˈptoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kaˈptoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kaˈpto.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: cap‧tor

### Noun

captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)
* captor
** 2018 November 13, “A espada” (18:58 from the start), in She-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Adora (Lina Mendes), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix:Prefiro não trocar gentilezas com meus captores.[original: I prefer not to swap pleasantries with my captors.]

### Further reading

* “captor”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “captor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “captor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “captor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin captor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kabˈtoɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: cap‧tor

### Noun

captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)
* captor
** 2015 July 17, “Dos detenidos por secuestrar a una joven por una deuda de drogas”, in El País‎:Los agentes pudieron rescatar a la mujer un día y medio más tarde, cuando sus captores la trasladaban en un vehículo.The police officers were able to rescue the woman a day and a half later, when her captors were transporting her in a vehicle.

### Further reading

* “captor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10